• 1. On BrandNovember 8th, 2000 Maki Kumagai Corporate AD, Sony Corporation
    • 2. Corporate AD Sony Brand Communication Strategy Zone Advertising Management Support
    • 3. The most valuable asset to this company is not its buildings, land, or even its employee. Our most valuable asset is the four letters “SONY”. Norio Ohga at this year’s Entrance Day as well as at many other occasions
    • 4. Network Brands Create Value Above the Line and Below ItIncreases Sales and Share-Increases efficiency of communications spending -Facilitates cross-selling/up-selling -Reduces costs of new product introductionsIncreases Margins-Establishes competitive differentiation -Sustains competitive advantage -Engenders trust -- endorses the product -Leads to greater loyalty -- makes an emotional connectionHigher Avg. Selling PricesReduces CostsIncreased Market Capitalize-tion==
    • 5. Corporate Brand ……Sony Primary brand which drives a complete brand portfolio. Product Category Brand ……Trinitron, Walkman, Vaio etc. Brands which encompass, endorse and organize multiple products/services
    • 6. Corporate Brand ……Sony
    • 7. The Criteria of a Successful Brand: Unchanging Brand Essence Continue to Create Something New
    • 8. Brand Vision “What We Will Be” Brand Essence “The Core” Business Platform “What We Do” Brand ConceptBrand Positioning “What We Say”
    • 9. Brand Vision “What We Will Be” Brand Essence “The Core” Dream is a mother of innovation. Business Platform “What We Do” Brand ConceptBrand Positioning “What We Say”
    • 10. We do not copy. We do things that no one else has done. Masaru Ibuka
    • 11. Brand Vision “What We Will Be” Brand Essence “The Core” Dream is a mother of innovation. Business Platform “What We Do” Digital Dream Kids Brand ConceptBrand Positioning “What We Say”
    • 12. Change is Sony’s Essence Nobuyuki Idei
    • 13. Digital Dream Kids 1996 ~ Digital Dream Kids are ourselves In this Digital Era, we are a group of people mesmerized by new digital technologies, and continues dream and remain curious just as we were when we were kids!
    • 14. Digital Dream Kids 1996 ~ Digital Dreams Kids are our Customers In this Digital Era, we continue creating products that satisfy the dreams of our customers worldwide, who are captivated by the potential of digital technology.
    • 15. Brand Vision “What We Will Be” Sony Dream World, Platform of Personal Enjoyment Brand Essence “The Core” Dream is a mother of innovation. Business Platform “What We Do” Digital Dream Kids Brand ConceptBrand Positioning “What We Say”
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    • 17. Brand Philosophy Shared Among All of SonyIT(Electronics)AV(Electronics)PicturesMusicGamesNetwork ServicesFinanceB&PBrand PhilosophyGlobal : Enhance a Common Platform
    • 18. Brand Vision “What We Will Be” Sony Dream World, Platform of Personal Enjoyment Brand Essence “The Core” Dream is a mother of innovation. Business Platform “What We Do” Digital Dream Kids Brand ConceptBrand Positioning “What We Say”
    • 19. unconventional  inspired  confident  fresh  fantastic  unexpected  ingenious  original  expressive  fertile  divergent  unusual  iconoclastic  prodigious  unconstrained  audacious  non-conformist  unorthodox  prolific 
    • 20. Sony is a company devoted to the celebration of life. We create things for every kind of imagination. Products that stimulate the senses and refresh the spirit. Ideas that always surprise, and never disappoint. Innovations that are easy to love, and effortless to use. Things that are not essential, but hard to live without. We are not here to be logical. Or predictable. We’re here to pursue infinite possibilities. We allow the brightest minds to interact freely, so the unexpected can emerge. We invite new thinking, so even more fantastic ideas can evolve. Creativity is our essence. We take chances. We exceed expectations. We help dreamers dream.Sony Brand Concept
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    • 23. Brand Concept Video (2 min.)
    • 24. Brand Strategy NetworkingEuropeUSAJapanGulfAsiaLatinGlobal
    • 25. Three Layers of Branding Establishing Value Added MarketingClarifying Brand Personality and Brand PhilosophyBranding Marketing Enhancing Brand Value Share Marketing Earn Category No.1 ShareGlobalRegional(Product Oriented Ad)Branding Worldwide
    • 26. Product Category Brand ……Trinitron, Walkman, Vaio etc.
    • 27. CI = PI
    • 28. Selection and Focus
    • 29. ●No.1 Brand Creation that seizes Category Leadership ●Concentrate Product Value on areas that best display Sony’s originality             Sony Advertising Strategy
    • 30. Brand Loyalty Created by the Power of the Leading Brands TrinitronSony Brand PowerNew Business Creation
    • 31. Trinitron 1968
    • 32. Brand Loyalty Created by the Power of the Leading Brands TrinitronWalkmanSony Brand PowerNew Business Creation
    • 33. Walkman 1979
    • 34. Brand Loyalty Created by the Power of the Leading Brands TrinitronWalkmanHandycamSony Brand PowerNew Business Creation
    • 35. Handycam Passport Size 1989
    • 36. Evolution of Product Brand, Adding New Values to Core Example: Handycam
    • 37. Establishing a leading brand, and create a new business arenaTrinitronWalkmanHandycamSony Brand PowerBrand Loyalty Created by the Power of the Leading Brands
    • 38. Establish No.1 Category, and enhance brands of computers and TVs that will become the center of Home Network and Personal Network. TrinitronWalkmanHandycamWEGA1998VAIO1999Sony Brand Power
    • 39. VAIO since 1996
    • 40. We would like to introduce personal computers that have a Sony-like entertainment quality. Nobuyuki Idei
    • 41. Sony will provide users with new ways of designing their lifestyles through the introduction of VAIO. Our hope is to create new market by offering such lifestyle solutions. Kunitake Ando
    • 42. VAIO Converging AV and IT
    • 43. The Biggest Advantage of Having a Strong Brand is Rule Breaking
    • 44. Valuable brand embody ideas that relate to consumer lifestyles or experiences
    • 45. A successful product forms an emotional relationship with a certain segment/generation of people through collaboratively creating, shaping and sharing experience. And such relationship results in a strong “brand loyalty” within the people’s mind.
    • 46. TVCF from the world: Globally shared strategy and local initiative in execution
    • 47. MD Walkman U.S.A. Europe New Zealand
    • 48. FD Trinitron, Wega Thailand Brazil
    • 49. Aibo
    • 50. We create expectations. Responding to expectations is too late. Sony is a company that no one can predict. Nobuyuki Idei
    • 51. W. Network Walkman
    • 52. Corporate Brand ……Sony Primary brand which drives a complete brand portfolio. Product Category Brand ……Trinitron, Walkman, Vaio etc. Brands which encompass, endorse and organize multiple products/services
    • 53. The Criteria of a Successful Brand: Unchanging Brand Essence Continue to Create Something New
    • 54. What is Sony to the World’s Customers?★Mariah Carey★Celine Dion★Stuart Little★Walkman★DVD★Memory Stick★PlayStation★MiniDisc★WEGA★VAIO★Clie
    • 55. Connect Sony Products with Brand Personality Platform★Mariah Carey★Celine Dion★Walkman★DVD★Memory Stick★PlayStation★MiniDisc★WEGA★VAIO★Clie★Stuart Little
    • 56. Brand Platform Centripetal CorporationDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamersDreamers